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DOE OSTI2024

Status and prospects of lithium iron phosphate manufacturing in the lithium battery industry

Abstract Lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO 4 , LFP) has long been a key player in the lithium battery industry for its exceptional stability, safety, and cost-effectiveness as a cathode material. Major car makers (e.g., Tesla, Volkswagen, Ford, Toyota) have either incorporated or are considering the use of LFP-based batteries in their latest electric vehicle (EV) models. Despite LFP’s well-researched status as a cathode material, it is expected to fulfill additional demands in electric vehicle applications, such as fast-charging capabilities, wide temperature range adaptability, and higher energy density. This perspective examines the LFP supply chain, synthetic approaches, manufacturing processes, market trends, recent advancements, and evolving demands to better understand its future role in the EV market. Graphical abstract

Lu, Yanying↗
DOE OSTI2021

Status of PIP-II 650 MHz Prototype Dressed Cavity Qualification

Low-beta and high-beta sections of PIP-II linac will use nine low-beta cryomodules with four cavities each and four high-beta cryomodules with six cavities each. These cavities will be produced and qualified in collaboration between Fermilab and the international partner labs. Prior to their installation into prototype cryomodules, several dressed cavities, which include jacketed cavities, high power couplers, and tuners, will be qualified in STC horizontal test bed at Fermilab. After qualification of bare β = 0.9 cavities at Fermilab, several pre-production β = 0.92 and β = 0.61 cavities have been and are being fabricated and qualified. Procurements have also been started for high power couplers and tuners. In this contribution we present the current status of prototype dressed cavity qualification for PIP-II.

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DOE OSTI2022

Current Status of the FFA@CEBAF Energy Upgrade Study

This work will describe the current status of the FFA@CEBAF energy upgrade feasibility studies. Technical updates are given, but more specific details are left to separate contributions. Specifically, this work will discuss improvements to the FFA arcs, a new recirculating injector proposal, and numerous modifications to the current 12 GeV CEBAF which will be required, such as the spreaders and recombiners architecture, splitters (time-of-flight chicanes), the extraction system, and the hall lines.

Bodenstein, R. M.↗
DOE OSTI2023

Design Status of the Electron-Ion Collider

The Electron-Ion Collider is gearing up for "Critical Decision 2", theproject baseline with defined scope, cost and schedule.Lattice designs are beingfinalized, and preliminary component design is being carried out. Beam dynamicsstudies such as dynamic aperture optimization, instability and polarizationstudies, and beam-beam simulations are continuing in parallel. We report onthe latest developments and the overall status of the project, and presentthe plans for future activities.

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DOE OSTI2023

Status of MQXFB Quadrupole Magnets for HL-LHC

The MQXFB magnets are superconducting quadrupoles with nominal peak field on the conductor of 11.3 T. With their magnetic length of 7.2 m, they stand as the longest Nb3Sn accelerator magnets designed and manufactured up to now. Together with the companion MQXFA 4.2 m long units, built by the US Accelerator Research Program, they are at the heart of HL-LHC, as they shall replace the inner triplet quadrupoles at either side of the ATLAS and CMS interaction regions of the LHC. This technology has benefited from many years of development, and this specific design was validated with successful short models (MQXFS, 1.2 m long). More recently, several MQXFA magnets were shown to satisfy HL-LHC requirements. In this paper, we report on the cold test results of four MQXFB magnets, focusing on performance, training, behavior after thermal and powering cycles, and field quality. We then provide an update of the overall status, including ongoing verifications of design changes at the level of the coil fabrication.

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DOE OSTI2024

STATUS OF THE SECOND INTERACTION REGION DESIGN FOR ELECTRON-ION COLLIDER

Provisions are being made in the Electron Ion Collider (EIC) design for future installation of a second Interaction Region (IR), in addition to the day-one primary IR. The envisioned location for the second IR is the existing experi- mental hall at RHIC IP8. It is designed to work with the same beam energy combinations as the first IR, covering a full range of the center-of-mass energy of ?20 GeV to ?140 GeV. The goal of the second IR is to complement the first IR, and to improve the detection of scattered particles with magnetic rigidities similar to those of the ion beam. To achieve this, the second IR hadron beamline features a secondary focus in the forward ion direction. The design of the second IR is still evolving. This paper reports the current status of its pa- rameters, magnet layout, and beam dynamics and discusses the ongoing improvements being made to ensure its optimal performance.

Gamage, B.↗
DOE OSTI2024

Permanent Magnet Resiliency in Jefferson Lab’s Radiation Environment: LDRD Grant Status and Plans

As the FFA@CEBAF energy upgrade study progresses, it is important to investigate the impact of radiation exposure on the permanent magnet materials to be used in the upgraded fixed field alternating gradient (FFA) arcs. To address this, Jefferson Lab has awarded a Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) grant to study the resiliency of several permanent magnet materials placed in a radiation environment similar to that in which they are expected to operate. Samples of NeFeB and SmCo are to be placed alongside appropriate dosimetry in a variety of radiation environments in the beam enclosure and experimental halls at CEBAF. The magnet degradation will be measured, and extrapolated to the higher energies expected during operations after the energy upgrade. This document will describe the current status of the LDRD study, as well as describe the upcoming plans. It will also direct the readers to other proceedings which further detail the work thus far.

Bodenstein, R.↗
DOE OSTI2025

Current status of conceptual horizontal splitter design for FFA@CEBAF energy Upgrade

Jefferson Lab’s Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) is currently investigating the feasibility of upgrading its maximum operating energy using Fixed-Field Alternating-gradient (FFA) recirculating arcs to increase the total number of recirculations of the beam through the pair of LINACs. These FFA arcs will be composed of permanent magnets, with small Panofsky-style multipole correctors. In order to control the beam parameters through these FFA arcs, horizontal splitters must be used. The geometrical and physical constraints, as well as the beam matching requirements are very restrictive, complicating the design. This work will show the current status of the most mature design, which includes matching solutions, as well as options for extraction of the beam.

Accelerator Physics↗
DOE OSTI2026

Status Update of Permanent Magnet Radiation Resiliency Studies at CEBAF

The proposed energy upgrade of the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) incorporates Fixed-Field Alternating-gradient (FFA) arcs utilizing permanent magnet technology. Given the radiation environment within the CEBAF tunnel enclosure, validating the long-term magnetic stability of these materials is a critical step for the project's technical feasibility. This contribution presents an overview of the ongoing permanent magnet radiation resiliency program at Jefferson Lab. We briefly review the experimental methodology used to monitor demagnetization in situ and summarize the operational experience from the initial data-taking campaign. Furthermore, we discuss the upgrades implemented for the second exposure campaign, currently underway, which aims to refine dose correlation and reduce systematic uncertainties. We report on the general status of the program and the roadmap for certifying permanent magnet optics for the proposed upgrade energies.

Bodenstein, R. [Thomas Jefferson National Accelera↗
DOE OSTI2026

Current status of the electron transport line from RCS to ESR: RTE line

The electron injection system of the U.S. Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) is located outside of the RHIC tunnel. Electrons beams accelerated by the Rapid Cycling Synchrotron (RCS) must be transported to the Electron Storage Ring (ESR), which resides within the RHIC tunnel. To accomplish this, a dedicated beam transport line, referred to as RTE (RCS-to-ESR) line is being designed. The proposed conceptual design comprises three main sections; RCS extraction, a vertical bend and dispersion suppression region, and ESR injection matching. The extraction section uses pulsed kickers and septum magnets to achieve a total deflection angle of 3 degrees. To align the injection section with ESR, the beamline must provide a vertical elevation of 1.68 m, and an array of FODO cells is used to suppress the vertical dispersion. The total length of the RTE line is approximately 133 m, and this paper presents the current design status and considerations for this transport line.

Accelerator Physics↗
DOE OSTI2026

Status of conceptual horizontal splitter design for FFA@CEBAF energy upgrade

Jefferson Lab’s Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) is currently investigating the feasibility of upgrading its maximum operating energy using Fixed-Field Alternating-gradient (FFA) recirculating arcs to increase the total number of recirculations the beam through the pair of LINACs. These FFA arcs will be composed of permanent magnets, with small Panofsky-style multipole correctors. Horizontal splitters are needed to control the beam parameters through these FFA arcs. The geometrical and physical constraints, as well as the beam matching requirements are very restrictive, complicating the design. This work will show the current status of the most mature design, which includes matching solutions, as well as options for extraction of the beam.

Accelerator Physics↗
DOE OSTI2020

Reinterpretation of LHC Results for New Physics: Status and recommendations after Run 2

We report on the status of efforts to improve the reinterpretation of searches and measurements at the LHC in terms of models for new physics, in the context of the LHC Reinterpretation Forum. We detail current experimental offerings in direct searches for new particles, measurements, technical implementations and Open Data, and provide a set of recommendations for further improving the presentation of LHC results in order to better enable reinterpretation in the future. We also provide a brief description of existing software reinterpretation frameworks and recent global analyses of new physics that make use of the current data.

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DOE OSTI2023

The DAMIC-M experiment: Status and first results

The DAMIC-M (DArk Matter In CCDs at Modane) experiment employs thick, fully depleted silicon charged-coupled devices (CCDs) to search for dark matter particles with a target exposure of 1 kg-year. A novel skipper readout implemented in the CCDs provides single electron resolution through multiple non-destructive measurements of the individual pixel charge, pushing the detection threshold to the eV-scale. DAMIC-M will advance by several orders of magnitude the exploration of the dark matter particle hypothesis, in particular of candidates pertaining to the so-called “hidden sector.” A prototype, the Low Background Chamber (LBC), with 20g of low background Skipper CCDs, has been recently installed at Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane and is currently taking data. We will report the status of the DAMIC-M experiment and first results obtained with LBC commissioning data.

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DOE OSTI2023

Status of DMRadio-50L and DMRadio-m$^3$

Recent theoretical advancements have made the QCD axion a stronger dark matter candidate, especially in the sub- \mu μ eV range. While cavity haloscopes have made significant progress in excluding QCD axions in the 1-100 \mu μ eV region, the 1 peV- 1 \mu μ eV region remains unexplored. The DMRadio program consists of a series of experiments designed to probe low mass axions. DMRadio-50L uses a 1 T average field toroidal magnet and a high-Q LC-oscillator with target sensitivity to axions of g_{a\gamma\gamma} < 5 \times 10^{-15}\text{ GeV}^{-1} g a γ γ < 5 × 10 − 15 GeV − 1 between 5 kHz and 5 MHz. DMRadio-m ^3 3 consists of a higher frequency LC-oscillator in a 4 T peak field solenoidal magnet with sensitivity to the DFSZ model of QCD axions between 30 MHz and 200 MHz. In this work, we present the status of DMRadio-50L and DMRadio-m ^3. 3 .

Rapidis, Nicholas Marcos↗
DOE OSTI2020

Performance Assessment for the Disposal of Low Level Waste in the 200 East Area Burial Grounds (FY2019 Annual Status Report)

This annual review provides the projected dose estimates of radionuclide inventories disposed in the 200 East Area Low-Level Waste Burial Grounds (LLBGs) since September 26, 1988. These estimates are calculated using the original dose methodology developed in the performance assessment (PA) analysis (WHC-SD-WM-TI-730) and are compared with U.S. Department of Energy requirements (DOE O 435.1 and performance objectives defined in companion documents DOE M 435.1 and DOE-STD-5002-2017). All performance objectives are currently satisfied, and operational waste acceptance criteria (HNF-EP-0063) and waste acceptance practices continue to be sufficient to maintain compliance with performance objectives. Inventory estimates and associated dose estimates from future waste disposal actions are unchanged from previous years’ evaluations, indicating that potential impacts are well below performance objectives; therefore, future compliance with DOE O 435.1 is expected. A new PA study has been initiated in this fiscal year (FY) 2019 for evaluation of active disposal sites within the 200 West and East Areas (Trenches 31 and 34 in 200 West; Trench 94 in 200 East) because extended time has elapsed between the current annual status report and the original PA (WHC-SD-WM-TI-370) for the active disposal sites. The new PA for the active disposal sites is expected to be completed in FY 2021.

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DOE OSTI2020

Reinterpretation of LHC Results for New Physics: Status and Recommendations after Run 2

We report on the status of efforts to improve the reinterpretation of searches and measurements at the LHC in terms of models for new physics, in the context of the LHC Reinterpretation Forum. We detail current experimental offerings in direct searches for new particles, measurements, technical implementations and Open Data, and provide a set of recommendations for further improving the presentation of LHC results in order to better enable reinterpretation in the future. We also provide a brief description of existing software reinterpretation frameworks and recent global analyses of new physics that make use of the current data.

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